Two Questions Actually. Display & USB

So I haven't even had my MacBook Pro 15" for a year and one of the USB ports seems to be completely unresponsive and I have no idea as to why. As such I have no idea what to do about it either?
Second question is. I just bought a mini dvi to VGA adapter and a vga to vga chord so i could hook my MacBook Pro up to my TV. I got the chords and hooked up and Wala everything works fine I see the display on the TV and I hear the sound (cause the vga chord also had a line in chord alongside it) and then I leave to a friends. I come back today and try hooking it in again. and Its not sending the Video out this time. What is my problem? I can't figure anything out and its rather depressing. ?

Well if you haven't had it a year yet, then you should still be under warranty. You can take it to your nearest Apple store/Reseller and have the repairs performed. Your USB ports are directly attached to your logicboard, and in most cases, it needs to be replaced. (Don't worry, this doesn't involve your hard drive, so your data should be fine!)
One question though. If the Macbook Pro is less than a year old, then the video connection would be though "Mini-Display" as opposed to "Mini-DVI". Could you please confirm which port you are using?
But along the same lines, the Mini-display port is also attached to the logicboard. Being as that you are also having USB issues, these two problems might be related.
2 things you can try:
1. SMC RESET: With the computer off hold "COMMANDOPTION+SHIFTPOWER BUTTON for about 10 seconds, you should see the sleep indicator flash rapidly (Little light in front of the laptop)
2. PRAM RESET: With the computer off, press the power button and immediatly hold "COMMANDOPTION+PR" until the computer restarts. (You'll hear a second start up chime"
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